Amt V

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Amt V was the criminal police department (Kriminalpolizei) within Nazi Germany’s Reich Main Security Office, responsible for investigating and suppressing criminal activity under the regime.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kriminalpolizei department ⓘ
department of the Reich Main Security Office ⓘ
activeDuring Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
alsoKnownAs Kripo ⓘ
Office V ⓘ
collaboratedWith Gestapo (Amt IV) ⓘ
linked to: Gestapo

Sicherheitsdienst (SD) ⓘ
linked to: Sicherheitsdienst
controlledBy SS ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
dissolutionCause defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II ⓘ
dissolved 1945 ⓘ
formedFrom Reich Criminal Police Office (Reichskriminalpolizeiamt) ⓘ
fullName Amt V (Reichskriminalpolizeiamt) ⓘ
function criminal police department ⓘ
investigation of criminal offenses ⓘ
suppression of criminal activity ⓘ
headquartersLocation Berlin ⓘ
hierarchicalLevel office (Amt) within RSHA ⓘ
ideologicalRole enforcement of Nazi racial and social policies ⓘ
instrument of Nazi repression ⓘ
involvedIn persecution of groups labeled as criminal or asocial ⓘ
support for broader Nazi security and terror policies ⓘ
jurisdiction German Reich ⓘ
linked to: German Empire

occupied territories to varying degrees ⓘ
languageOfName German ⓘ
legalStatus state police authority under SS control ⓘ
organizationalType police agency ⓘ
security service component ⓘ
partOf Reich Main Security Office ⓘ
Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo) ⓘ
predecessor Reichskriminalpolizeiamt ⓘ
responsibleFor criminal investigations ⓘ
enforcement of many non-political criminal laws ⓘ
policing so‑called asocial elements ⓘ
policing so‑called habitual criminals ⓘ
shortName Amt V ⓘ
subordinateTo Chief of the Security Police and the SD ⓘ
Reich Main Security Office (RSHA) ⓘ
Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler ⓘ
linked to: HeinrichHimmler
timePeriod Nazi era ⓘ

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